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“Planning on Suing Anyone?” asks Alex, a New York City student judge.

Mr. Matt Anderson’s three Grade 12 classes from The Urban Assembly School for Design and Construction in New York City are back for another round of Civic Mirror fun, and things are heating up so fast that the National Judge from “Cloud 9” streamlined the litigation procedure in order to work through the large number of anticipated law suits.  Judge Alex’s procedure is so thorough that it could become a Civic Mirror standard for countries to come:

Planning on Suing Anyone?

Well here are several easy steps for you to be able to get what you want!

Step 1 ~ Send me a CM Message With a Subject Line of ” I WANT TO SUE [name]!”

Step 2 ~ Within the message, answer the following questions of:

  • Who are you?
  • Who are you suing and why?
  • What are you suing them for?
  • Personal Statement(s) about the situation and how you got up to the point of deciding to sue them.
  • Will you be representing yourself in court, have your own personal lawyer, or need a lawyer provided by the Court?

Step 3 ~ After we conference about the details and what not, you will be given a court ID #, date and approximate time for you to appear in court. Following this, the Defendant will be notified by me in a CM Message or in Person that they are to appear in court because you (the Plaintiff) are suing them for xyz.

Step 4 ~ The Defendant will be then given the opportunity to counter-sue and if they chose too, they are to write me in a CM message answering the following questions of:

  • Who are you?
  • Why are you counter-suing and what for?
  • Personal Statement(s) about the situation and how you got up to the point of deciding to counter-sue them?
  • Will you be representing yourself in court, have your own personal lawyer, or need a lawyer provided by the Court?

Step 5 ~ After the defendant and I conference about the details, the Plantiff will be notified of them being counter-sued for xyz.

IT’S JUST THAT EASY!
A few reminders that you must be aware of:

1. Filing of your court complaint must be sent in by 05/24/09 11:59PM EST, otherwise late fees will be added on to it. For Late court complaints, must be in by 05/25/09 10:00PM EST, or your case will not be reviewed for this year, but bumped into the next year.

2. If you decide to cancel your complaint after it has been filed or have filed your complaint during the lateness time period, you will be required to pay a Cancellation Fee and/or Late Fee within a set amount of time.

3. What ever you are suing for, must be included in the CM Message, otherwise in court they will be rendered invalid and dismissed upon request.

4. If the opposite party does not appear in court, the case automatically defaults to the present party, with the missing party paying court fees.

5. Late/Cancellation/Court Fees will be posted up throughout the week, so stay tuned!

6. Any questions at all about these instructions, contact me at anytime! =)

7. Court Fees are $100 per case; Late Fees are an additional $150 per case with the Court Fees & Cancellations are $200 per case. If not paid by a certain date and time given to the party(ies), an interest of 10% will be tacked on to everyday past the deadline payment.

***THIS INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO BEING UPDATED/CHANGED***

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